The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 303

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Part 2, Chapter 101

When we returned to the Weatherwax Manor, no, the Gray Spear Guild headquarters, the building’s doors were firmly shut.

The iron bars that had disappeared were back again, and beyond them, the garden had returned to a state similar to how it looked four years ago. Though the scale was disappointingly modest.

“This is supposed to be the Weatherwax Manor?”

Hmm. Lu, who had been scanning the manor with a distrustful gaze, tore off a piece of paper attached near the firmly locked iron bars.

【If you know the reason for this guild’s closure, please contact us below.</p】

○○Daily Editor-in-Chief>

‘Closure?’

Looking more closely, the other papers and business cards stuck all over the iron bars were similar. They contained messages from people seeking to know the reason why the Gray Spear Guild had suddenly closed or looking for former guild members.

Come to think of it…

“The guild flag that was hanging on the building has disappeared. It was an eyesore anyway.”

Doesn’t this look like it’s completely returned to being the ‘Weatherwax Manor’?

‘Did they immediately disband the Gray Spear Guild because I came home?’

The Assassin Butler sure acts fast. Maybe he’d been reluctantly doing work he didn’t want to do all this time.

Meanwhile, Lu, who had been examining the papers one by one, prepared to move elsewhere. Did he think some serious problem had occurred? I hurriedly grabbed his arm.

“Where are you going? This is the right place. I just temporarily changed business types when I disappeared. From a noble manor to a mid-tier guild headquarters.”

Lu’s eyes narrowed as he looked at me.

“For that to be true, you, the owner of this house, seem quite shocked.”

“Excellent employees are supposed to carry on the family business on their own while the master is away.”

“By closing it down, you mean.”

He’s become much more suspicious.

It seemed like he wouldn’t believe whether this was the right place until we actually entered the manor.

‘But it looks like there’s no bell right now.’

I carefully checked the iron chains and locking mechanism securing the iron bars, then got tired of checking further and just broke them.

Clatter, I dropped the rolled-up iron chains and entered the manor.

The problem was that the front door was also locked.

No matter how much I pressed the bell, it wouldn’t ring. It seemed they had disabled it because outsiders had been pressing it so much.

“Hmm.”

Crack.

I broke the front door handle and moved inside.

Then I turned toward Lu, who would be visiting a space he had no memory of for the first time.

“Welcome to my home, Lu. Think of it as your own home and make yourself comfortable.”

“…”

Lu looked down at the front door lying on the floor with an expressionless face. I stared at the uselessly dangling hinges for a moment, then patted Lu’s shoulder reassuringly.

“Are you bothered by the door? It’s fine, I can just buy a new one. I have lots of money.”

The face that looked up to meet my gaze again was strange. Then he moved familiarly into the manor ahead of me as if he were the homeowner, and that sight somehow bothered me.

“Do you perhaps dislike this kind of thing? If it makes you uncomfortable to watch, then next time I’ll…”

“Next time? You’ll break things more gently?”

“No. I’ll enter through a window or chimney and open the door for you.”

He smiled slightly and gestured to me while looking around the neat interior.

“Your consideration is nice, Daisy Pager. But why are you suddenly asking that? Did the old me ever nag you about similar things?”

Then he swallowed his next words as if muttering.

“Though I don’t think I would have.”

He doesn’t think he would have? I examined Lu’s expression with searching eyes.

“…Why don’t you think you would have? Didn’t you lose all your memories?”

Lu answered nonchalantly.

“Well, as long as I’m still me, my tastes wouldn’t change.”

…That means, in other words.

‘Breaking doors is his taste?’

What a troublesome preference.

It’s not like I go around breaking doors for a living. Do I have no choice but to become a somewhat violent person to get close to him again?

“Baroness, you’ve returned!”

Just then, a voice full of joy came from upstairs. It was Renya.

She hurried down the stairs and stood in front of me, bouncing and smiling.

“I’m, I’m glad you returned safely. I was very, really, extremely slightly worried after hearing bad news in the newspaper.”

“Hello, Renya. I’m glad you’re doing well. By the way, the door wouldn’t open so I broke it a little.”

“That’s fine! You took care of Rien, right? Right? Thanks to Weatherwax Baroness, I can now come and go outside without any trouble. Until four years ago, I didn’t know how precious it was to have freedom of movement!”

Renya, who had been chattering excitedly, suddenly glanced at Lu and lowered her voice.

“…Oh! We, we happen to have a guest too. Rosebel Count has been waiting since yesterday.”

“Since yesterday?”

“Yes, Jin arrived at the manor four days ago. When she said you would return soon, Rosebel Count decided to stay one more day.”

Jin arrived four days earlier. Then the Sword Saint probably returned to Jedo too. I hope so.

Did he hear the commotion between Renya and me? As soon as I took another step, Rosebel Count burst out of the first floor drawing room.

“Weatherwax Baroness!”

Rosebel Count, whom I was meeting after four years, was clearly different from before.

Unlike the Sword Saint, who I couldn’t tell whether he aged or not, his hair was mostly gray, and he had noticeably more facial wrinkles.

Still, his sharp eyes remained the same, so rather than thinking ‘he’s aged a lot,’ I first thought ‘he’s still vigorous.’ Happily so.

“It’s been a while, Count. Your health seems to have…”

“How can you be someone who doesn’t know how to take care of yourself!”

“…improved…”

“You suddenly disappeared and returned after four years, which shocked me greatly. But then you recklessly crossed even the wall of fire these past few days! Did your liver jump out of your body because you died once and came back to life?”

“…”

“I’m not in a position to do so, but I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I even said something to Duke Hailo and Duke Raphael. Hah. You need to be more, no, definitely more careful!”

“…I’m sorry.”

If I don’t apologize in time, my eardrums will burst.

Rosebel Count, who had been pointing at me with his hand on his waist the whole time, finally let out a long sigh.

“Still, I’m glad you returned safely. Haah… Don’t stimulate this old man’s guilt. It feels like my gray hair has doubled in just one week.”

“Yes, you have changed quite a bit in four years.”

“How grateful I am…”

As expected, only his eyes remain the same as ever. He clicked his tongue and returned to the drawing room sofa with a groan, slumping down.

When I sat across from him, I could see the newspapers from the past few days on the table. Glancing through them, there was quite a bit of speculation about me, who had gone missing inside the wall of fire. Some even predicted my death.

‘There were some pretty sensational article titles.’

After folding the newspaper, I asked Rosebel Count.

“Did you come all the way here because you were worried about me?”

“Worry was part of it, but… I stopped by briefly on my way up to Jedo, just in case. There are some things you need to know. It was fortunate timing that the Baroness returned.”

“Things I need to know…”

Was it about the honorary medal ceremony that Deshero mentioned before leaving for the wall of fire?

‘Surely he’s not going to talk about arranging a marriage partner while discussing the succession of the Weatherwax Family, which belongs to the noble council, like the former Head Maid did?’

Since he knows about my relationship with Lu, that probably won’t happen. Just in case, while I was thinking about how to refuse, Rosebel Count lit his cigar with a heavy expression and slowly regulated his breathing before answering.

“In the future… Yes, about ten days remain. Duke Raphael is planning to head to Seer God to hold a ceremony.”

“A ceremony?”

“A wedding ceremony with Trevia Mesita, the second daughter of the Mesita family of the Contaninos Republic. The family that came without notice and proposed marriage between you and her.”

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